For the second time this month..heck two trips in a row…I’m getting paid for sitting at home. Decent 4 day trip. Day two was supposed to end with a ride in a limo to a super fancy hotel that has a casino. Seriously. Day 1 was fine. Another quiet flight deck. Very quiet guy. Contrary [...]

Back in 2007 when I was a CFI all my CFI buddies were talking about which airline had the fastest upgrade. Some had 2 year upgrades, others had 10 year upgrades while a handful were hiring “Street Captains”. Upgrades times are somewhat meaningless. I will attempt to explain why. Lets Assume I am at an [...]

My last 3 day trip for a while. Next month I have ALL 4 day trips…well not all…I have one crappy 2 day trip on a weekend. This trip has been very quiet. My Captain is just here for the paycheck. Very little chit chat in flight. In fact, beyond checklist, briefings and procedures I’ve [...]

Seniority is everything…right? Thought about where I am in seniority on the small scale and big scale. Here’s what I found. In my current base I’m in the top 36% seniority wise for First Officers. Back in January of this year I was in the top 30%. I’ve gone down as senior pilots have moved [...]

Grueling 3 day trip. Twenty hours of flying in 3 days. My Captain has been a Captain at my airline since before I graduated high school. He was hired as a Captain. He’s been around a while. He’s 62 1/2 and hopes to retire with 32,000 hours. He currently has 29,800. He kept joking that [...]

Last trip ended fine. Nothing exciting on day 3. My next trip is a 3-4-5 trip worth 19.5 hours. That’s a lot of flying in 3 days. On top of that I’m flying with a Captain in the top 1% of company seniority. His seniority number is just 1 digit….1 digit. Looking forward to finishing [...]